The first major hurricane threatening a direct hit on the United States in more than 10 years has lashed Florida after killing at least 478 people in Haiti on its destructive march through the Caribbean.
As it ploughed up the coast, Hurricane Matthew largely spared South Florida on Thursday but cut a razor-thin path that threatened to make history: the first major hurricane on record to strike Central Florida's east coast.
The death toll from the deadly storm nears 300 in the Caribbean and is barrelling towards the United States.
As Hurricane Matthew makes its way up the Florida coast, forecasters now predict that the storm will go into the Atlantic and slam back into Florida.
If you have been itching for the hot weather to really set in, the time has come.
The combination of strong winds reaching nearly 100 kilometres an hour and ground sodden with weeks of rain contributed to dozens of trees being uprooted across Canberra on Tuesday.
Gale force winds with gusts of up to 100 km per hour have ripped through parts of NSW leaving up to 10,000 homes and businesses without power.
The hail storm that pelted Melbourne has cleared in time for commuters heading home during peak hour.
Hurricane Matthew is set to bring 230km/h winds to Haiti, Cuba and Jamaica.
Sydneysiders are bracing for more wind on Monday following a gusty weekend.
Residents in low lying areas of Condobolin ordered to evacuate within the next 24 hours.
In all 181 families have now been isolated after the biggest floods in decades hit the central-west of NSW, with no road access, limited communications and dwindling supplies.
Something strange is going on with the weather. It might be spring, but that hasn't stopped snow falling in the ACT.
South Australia has a mammoth mop up ahead after a second day of storms lashed the state on Thursday.
The BOM issued a warning of peak gusts of more than 90 km/h, but they only reached 43km/h.
Adelaide was bracing for some of the strongest winds the city had ever seen on Thursday night.
Several parts of Victoria remain on flood watch and a watch-and-act warning has been issued for landslides on the Great Ocean Road after wild weather skirted the state on its way from South Australia to New South Wales.
NSW is next in line for the mega-storm that brought havoc across South Australia and plunged the entire state into black-out.
The lights were hardly out in South Australia before politicians and lobby groups were staking out their ground in the argument over climate change and renewable energy.
The entire state of South Australia is currently without power.
Enjoy the sunshine while you can, Canberra, a serious storm system is sweeping toward us.
The touch of rescuers is usually a huge relief for someone in danger, but it wasn't the case for one Cowra motorist who tried to drive through flood water last week.
Almost 4000 South Australian properties are without power as an extreme weather system moves across the state.
Canberrans have spared the worst of the wet weather that's wreaking havoc in NSW's central west, but they're still facing record-breaking rainfall.
Floodwaters have peaked in the central western NSW town of Forbes overnight, but residents have been warned that more wet weather forecast for later in the week could cause river levels to rise again.
While floodwaters continue to rise in Forbes, Sydney is set for a dry few days before rain returns on Thursday.
A spell of rain on Sunday is expected to clear for a breezy, fine spring day in the capital for Canberra's Family and Community Day.
Forbes residents have been ordered to evacuate by the State Emergency Service as the town braces for major flooding.
Rising flood waters are threatening hundreds of homes in central NSW as the State Emergency Service responds to thousands of calls for assistance and road closures cripple the region.
Wagga's flood crisis is set to continue after the Bureau of Meteorology indicated more rain was headed for the city next week.
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